it was hsbc providing support for this market. generally, the tone wasn't all that great in either of these markets. this was largely on the back of the chinese banks. the big four. to get their balance sheets in order for tougher regulations next year. the shanghai composite has rallied about 9% since the beginning of december, but really, it's not enough to pull it out of the plays of the one of the worst performing indexes in asia. it is still on track for a third year of losses, a three-year bear market in china while growth has been, what, over 8%? pretty amazing there. let's move on to australia. we did see some gains. the s&p asx 200 hovering near its seven-month high. the miners gave up some gains today, but we did see some positively -- and this is despite wayne swan, treasurerer, saying they are likely to deliver a budget surplus tore this year. the asx 200 still moving up. the asx in india still down by a quarter of a percent. a mixed bag here. >> thank you very much this morning. now let's check in on markets -- we did